On March 10, 2023, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety, the Honourable Marco Mendicino, announced the federal government’s launch of a public consultation on the creation of a Foreign Influence Transparency Registry in Canada (Registry). The purpose of the public consultation is to solicit feed...
OTTAWA – MPs from all political parties, and representatives from multiple diaspora groups called on the government to swiftly introduce legislation to create a foreign agent registry, legislation they say has already been drafted. The Canadian Coalition for a Foreign Influence Transparency Registry held...
That op-ed, coauthored by Elaine Dezenski (Senior Director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies) and Scott Greytak,(Director of Advocacy at Transparency International’s US office), argued that FEPA would “blunt China’s malign economic influence” by countering the practice of Chinese ...
Fourth, engrained political culture remains a problem. In many parts of Southeast Asia, the family dynasty–big business nexus is common and these well-connected dynasties control politics through their power and influence.13In Thailand, big business became the government. This gives rise to the mo...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dubai operates under its strategic goals, including: Prosperity: Enhancing the UAE’s economic influence and increase its regional and international competitiveness Society: Preserving the interests of UAE nationals living abroad and residents on the UAE’s territory. ...
These initiatives aim to introduce transparency, accountability, and limitations to mitigate the adverse effects of litigation funding. Bipartisan Federal Legislation Tackles Foreign Influence in TPLF A bipartisan group of lawmakers has taken a first step toward mandatory disclosure of ...
One of the underlying goals set out in the OBOR Opinion, is to improve the international standing and influence of the Chinese courts and other legal institutions. What does it mean for legal professionals The OBOR Opinion signals that the Court is working on a broad range of practically import...
acquisitions, fostering significant shifts in market dynamics. The acquisition of Firma Foreign Exchange Corporation by OFX Group Limited serves as an exemplary move, underscoring the critical importance of such strategies ...
The index ranges from 0 to 8, with higher values indicating the availability of more credit information from either a public registry or a private bureau, to facilitate lending decisions (Martinez & Singh, 2014). This index is obtained from the index of “transparency, accountability, and ...